Let's make this birthday one to remember.

76 years old (Born on March 18, 1949)

Happy Birthday, Rodrigo Rato! May your day be as prosperous and balanced as the budgets you once managed. Your tenure from 1996 to 2004 was certainly memorable—guiding Spain's economy with a steady hand (and perhaps an even steadier calculator). Who else could make fiscal policy look so effortlessly suave?

Here's hoping this year brings more success than ever before—and fewer economic headaches. After all, managing numbers is tough enough without candles multiplying on cakes each birthday! Cheers to another timeless chapter filled with laughter, prosperity, and maybe just one or two amusing debates about interest rates over tapas. ¡Feliz cumpleaños!